Passionfruit Coconut Bundt Cake
Hi friends!! I have a sweet and tropical recipe for you today. This passionfruit coconut bundt cake screams summer and you are not going to want to miss it.
If you’ve been around here for a long time, you know my love for coconut and all tropical flavors. I eat these flavors daily and they naturally make it into my baked goods. A few years ago, I shared this coconut bundt cake recipe with you all. It is still my favorite coconut cake and it is perfect. It holds up over time and a no-fail with a great coconut flavor.
This passionfruit bundt cake starts with a cake batter that is rich in coconut flavor; with both coconut milk and shredded coconut flakes. We add in passionfruit puree and some rum to finish off the batter. Once the cake is baked to perfection, we brush it with a sweet concentrated passionfruit syrup. It not only keeps the cake moist but also adds a bold flavor on top.
All in all, this bundt cake is moist, tender, and full of coconut and passionfruit flavors. With a slightly chewy texture from the coconut flakes, it is sweet and yet tart. The combination is one that I think you will love.
Passionfruit Coconut Bundt Cake
This Passionfruit Coconut Bundt Cake is a tropical delight. With a tender coconut cake that is infused with tangy passionfruit, this cake is perfect.
Ingredients
For the Cake:
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temp, plus 1 tablespoon for greasing bundt pan
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 6 large eggs, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons dark rum (optional)
- 3/4 cup canned unsweetened coconut milk
- 1/4 cup passion fruit concentrate
- 1/2 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
For the Syrup:
- 1/4 cup passionfruit concentrate (or pulp juice)
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter your bundt pan (12-inch) and set aside.
- Sift the flour, salt, and baking powder into a medium bowl.
- In the bowl of your stand mixer or a large bowl with a hand mixer, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, approximately 5 minutes. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, scraping down the sides of the bowl as necessary. Add the vanilla extract and dark rum, and mix to combine. Add in the coconut milk and passion fruit concentrate and mix to combine. Slowly add the dry ingredients and mix until the batter is smooth. Add the shredded coconut and mix to combine.
- Pour the batter into the bundt pan and bake for 45-50 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean.
- While the cake bakes, make the passionfruit syrup by combining the passionfruit concentrate and sugar in a small saucepan set over medium heat. Bring to a boil and stir until sugar dissolves. Cook for an additional 2 minutes, and then remove the syrup from the heat to a heatproof bowl.
- Let the cake cool in the pan for at least 10 minutes. While cooling in the pan, use a wooden skewer and poke a few holes on the surface of the cake. Brush the surface with the passionfruit syrup.
- Turn the cake onto a wire rack to finish cooling. Again, using a wooden skewer, poke holes in the top of the cake and then brush with the remaining syrup. Let the cake cool completely.
- The bundt will keep at room temperature in an airtight container for three days or in the freezer for three months. It’s also fabulous toasted.
Notes
Bundt cake Adapted from Food Network
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Passionfruit every day sounds like a great life slogan. I’m into it!
Looks yummy. Where do you find passionfruit puree or concentrate? I’m fairly new to passionfruit, and have only had it fresh. But it was wonderful and beautiful to what I can remember. New to your site too, I will take a look around at your other recipes but so far it looks lovely😊
Hi Riley! It’s nice to have you here and hope you get to try some of my recipes. I usually find passionfruit concentrate from ethnic sections of grocery stores or at an ethnic g=food store, especially ones with a wide Latin American selection. You can also just use fresh (always the best!) and use the pulp juice from that.
Thank you. I will keep an eye out for it. I’ve been enjoying your unique and original recipes. Very nice subtle original changes to classics.
P.s. love your story too. Admire your background…but mostly your courage to pursue your dream. I’m thankful your recipe and site was recommended to me on my phone. Great find for me😊. Told my sister about your site yesterday. Look forward to making your recipes.
Thank you so much, Riley! I am happy you found me 🙂 Please let me know how you like the recipes.
How much is 2 1/2 cups?. How much is 1 cup of butter????
YUM…if the batter is any indication of how this will taste once the family arrives, YUM! Quick question for the future: the syrup: how thick? Simple syrup, true maple syrup (which is thinner than you might expect), pancake syrup, or Karo/Corn syrup. I used low-medium heat but our burners are strong, used a timer and only 2 minutes. Like corn syrup! So I thinned a little by adding 2 tsp. of boiling water. By the way, a little passionfruit concentrate in iced tea is heavenly, so I’m thinking of making this syrup and trying it with club soda and gin or rum! Thanks for any info…I’ll post pics and hashtag if I remember to take pics before slicing!
Hi Sarah, so glad to hear you made this. The syrup should be more like simple syrup so you can brush it over the warm bundt. I will clarify in the recipe for the future. Thanks for also sharing on social and tagging me.
Haven’t made the cake yet but I want to comment on your page. Putting the recipe instructions in gray, rather than black type means it prints out VERY pale. Not everyone has perfect vision. It’s (I hope inadvertently) inconsiderate to do this. Those of us who have reduced vision are left out. Please be considerate and change the type color to black in the future.
Hi Teri, thanks for the feedback. It was inadvertently for sure and I will consider this during an upcoming redseign. Thanks for your patience.
Hi lovely first thank you so much for the recipe, I just made it and is amaaaaazing just a comment the 1/4 cup passion fruit on the cake part is no where to be found on when to add to cake batter on the instructions, so I just assumed that it gets added with the coconut milk as part of wet ingredients. But cake is delicious 😋 I double the passion fruit syrup but just cause I looove so much passion fruit and wanted the cake soaked with it 😋 again thanks so much!
Thank you, Daina!! So glad to hear you liked this cake. It’s so good!